NEXT Horsemanship Meeting of the Minds
when: July 24, 2009, Time 7:00 PM
where: 76 Orchard Street,
Upton, MA
Directions
what:
Association
business including
updates of horsemanship events
Future
topics - Each meeting will include a group discussion on a selected
topic of interest. Have you read, heard about, seen on a video or in
a clinic, experienced something you'd like to cover as a future
topic? Let us know! Call (508) 473-8630 or email
info@aaphorsemanship.org.
when:
April 17, 2009, Time 7:00 PM
where: 16 Beaver Pond Road, Bellingham, MA
Directions
what:
Association
business including
updates of horsemanship events for
2009
and review of 3/29 Demonstration and video
when:
February 22, 2009, Time 2:30 - 4:00 PM (following the
Barn Hop)
where: 18 Blackstone St., Mendon, MA
Directions
what:
Association
business including
schedule of horsemanship events for
2009
when:
January 16, 2009
where: 13 Rockdale Hill Circle, Upton, MA
Directions
what:
Association business, discussion,
and activity (more details to follow)
when:
December 13, 2008, 3:00-5:00 PM
where: Unitarian Universalist Congregational
Church, 13 Maple St., Mendon, MA
what:
What's
next for 2009 and membership updates
What a great view of the future developed as discussion centered on
plans for 2009 including meets, barn hops, meetings, and other
activities that will support the mission of the organization and provide
expanded opportunities to its members and interested friends. A new
membership form will be posted shortly, so stay tuned.
when:
July 18, 2008, 7:30 PM
where: 18 Blackstone St., Mendon, MA
Directions
what:
a
chance to re-connect and talk about the meet
and our progress with our horses
when:
September 21, 2007, 7:00 PM
where: 18 Blackstone St., Mendon, MA
Directions
what:
Association business, fall planning, HORSE PLAY, and group discussion
when:
May 18, 2007, 7:00 PM
where: 8 Tyler Road, Upton, MA
Directions
what:
Association business, clinic, and discussion
Explore becoming the rider your horse
wants you to be
Riding and the Alexander Technique Workshop
Space is limited to 12 participants,
call 508-634-5258 by 5/15 to register
Time: 7:30 to 9:30 pm
Cost: $30 AAPH Members, $60 non-members (join
now for member benefits).
Have you ever blamed your horse for not going
straight only to realize that your position was causing the problem?
Are you aware of how extra tension in your
legs adversely affects your horse?
Learn to embody what you want your horse to
understand.
Certified Alexander Technique Teacher Diane
Hovenesian will address the physical stresses associated with riding
during this workshop. Through gentle hands on work and group
exercises, riders will experience improved posture in the saddle and more
physical ease. Diane works regularly with riders and owns Healing Well
Studio in Medfield.
The Alexander Technique is a discipline
created at the turn of the last century by F.M. Alexander. Alexander
realized that we physically constrict in response to stress which creates
unwanted tension. Sally Swift used the principles of the Alexander
Technique in her wonderful book, Centered Riding.
when:
April 20, 2007, 7:00 PM
where: Singing
Winds Farm, 385 Chestnut St. Uxbridge, MA
Directions
what:
Association business, Fit to Ride
presentation, and discussion
Fit to Ride (from Program Guide)
There are many ways to help your horse.
You teach them a system of communication so you can handle
them on the ground and when mounted. You develop a health maintenance
program. You implement a consistent and beneficial exercise program for
them. You insist they are provided a healthy nutritional diet. Yet one of
the most important things you can do for your horse is often overlooked;
you can be sure you eat a healthy nutritional diet, and that you are as
fit and trim and healthy as your horse.
There is one cue that is always in effect when you are
mounted. You cannot remove the cue; you can only be sure the cue is always
correct. That cue is your weight. Is your weight appropriate for your
horse? It can be! I am going to help you help your horse by developing and
implementing a healthy program of exercise and diet that will improve your
riding skills and take your horse to a higher level of performance without
“dieting!”
If you would like to preview (optional) the Fit to Ride
information in pdf format
and
bring questions with you, please feel free ~
Introduction and
Program Guide.
